Archive - May 2011 - Obituary

May 26th

May 26, 2011

E. W. â€śRuntâ€ť Vassar, 81, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grace Fellowship Church with George Young, son-in-law and Rev. Tim Hall, assistant pastor, officiating. Interment will be in â€śThe Garden of Beatitudesâ€ť at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Vassar was born on June 9, 1929. He married Elba Simpson on July 28, 1951, in Cushing, Okla. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was a supervisor at Phillips Refinery.

May 25th

May 25, 2011

PANHANDLE - Joe Cassidy of Panhandle, 81, died Monday, May 23, 2011, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Lewis Holland, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Panhandle Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Panhandle.

May 25, 2011

PANHANDLE - Joe Cassidy of Panhandle, 81, died Monday, May 23, 2011, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Lewis Holland, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Panhandle Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Panhandle.

May 21st

May 21, 2011

Rosalyn Fryatt, of Borger, passed away, Friday, May 20, 2011, after a short battle with cancer.
Rosalyn J. (Marshall) Fryatt was born Monday, March 27, 1939 in Faxon, OK to Henry and Eunice (Carter) Marshall. She married Bob Fryatt on June 20, 1958 in Borger, TX. She was a homemaker. Rosalyn was also a supporter of the Lionâ€™s Club and Compassionate Friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her son, Brent Lee Fryatt.

May 21, 2011

Donald Gene Smith, 73, of Spring, Texas, passed away May 19, 2011. He was born August 2, 1937 in Borger, Texas to the late Ray and Ruby Smith. Don is also preceded in death by his sister Cora Lee Loudon and Jillâ€™s mother Sandra De Ann Smith. He is survived by his loving wife of 16 years, Lillian Smith; daughter Jill Belinda; step-daughter Kelly Quick and husband David; grandchildren Nathan Ray Smith-Lorrain and Katherine Coerver; brother Ralph Wayne Smith; nephew Cameron Powell Smith; and nieces Jan and Sharon.

May 17th

May 17, 2011

F. A. Lamb, 77, of Bartlesville, Okla.passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00 a.m. in Jane Phillips Medical Center due to complications of Inclusion Body Myositis.
Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at First Baptist Church of Bartlesville with Dr. Joe Dan Fowler officiating.
Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Walker-Brown Funeral Home. The family will be receiving friends from 6 - 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 17th at the funeral home.

May 14th

May 14, 2011

Funeral services for Katherine Ann Basham, 54, were at 11 a.m. Saturday at Minton Memorial Chapel in Borger with Rev. Paul Monohon, Retired Pastor officiating. Cremation and burial at Westlawn Memorial Park will follow at a later date under the direction of Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Kathy was born in Borger and was a Corrections Officer with the TDCJ Neal Unit in Amarillo. She had been in Corrections for the past 14 years in Colorado as well as Texas.
She married Larry Don Basham Aug. 6, 1988, in Skellytown, and they had lived in Fritch for the past three years.

May 14, 2011

Bobby G. Humphrey, 73 of Borger passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011.Bobby was born September 11, 1937 to Marshall & Addie (Crawford) Humphrey in Eakley, OK. He married his wife Danna on January 15, 1959. He worked for the Highway Department and the Public School System.He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers and one sister.He is survived by his wife; two sons, Robby Humphrey, Bobby Humphrey & wife Roshena; two daughters Marsha Romero & husband Daniel, Debbie Humphrey; fifteen grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.Services are pending.

May 14, 2011

Leonard Nyquist â€śAndyâ€ť Anderson died Monday, May 9, 2011 in Georg town, Texas. He was 91 years old. He was born November 1, 1919 in Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska the next oldest of five children of Charles Edward (Karl) Anderson and Esther Nyquist Anderson. He was raised in Oakland, Nebraska, a town made up of persons of Swedish descent. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelorâ€™s degree in Chemical Engineering in 1941. He was employed by Phillips Petroleum Company where he worked for 44 years before retiring. While working for Phillips he met Virginia Lee Jones.

May 13th

May 13, 2011

Funeral services for Katherine Ann Basham, 54, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Minton Memorial Chapel in Borger with Rev. Paul Monohon, Retired Pastor officiating. Cremation and burial at Westlawn Memorial Park will follow at a later date under the direction of Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Kathy was born in Borger and was a Corrections Officer with the TDCJ Neal Unit in Amarillo. She had been in Corrections for the past 14 years in Colorado as well as Texas.
She married Larry Don Basham Aug. 6, 1988, in Skellytown, and they had lived in Fritch for the past three years.